A Florida man who went missing on Valentine’s Day was rescued on Thursday after being stuck to his shoulders in mud described as “quick sand” without food or water for several days. Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said Andrew Giddens, a 36-year-old from Jacksonville, was rescued from a Vulcan Materials Company site east of Melrose. Giddens…
The federal task force that shapes recommendations for cancer screenings, heart disease prevention and other preventive services has not convened in almost a year — and it’s unclear whether the panel will convene again. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, created in 1984, is an independent panel of volunteer doctors, nurses and public health experts…
LONDON — Britain’s beleaguered government has spent much of its time in power concerned about the surging far-right. Instead it just received a sucker punch from the progressive left. The Green Party delivered a stunning blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer early Friday with a victory in a hotly contested special election in the northern…
An attorney for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro asked a federal judge Thursday to toss out the indictment against his client, arguing the Trump administration is blocking Venezuelan government funds needed to pay for his legal defense. Maduro’s lawyer, Barry Pollack, filed the court documents in federal court in New York City, claiming the government’s…
The U.S. government said it would do better to communicate between agencies after the military reportedly used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas on Thursday. Some Democratic members of Congress, including the ranking members of the House Homeland Security and Transportation committees, called the incident another example of…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan and Afghanistan traded cross-border attacks overnight, government officials from both countries confirmed to NBC News on Friday, alleging heavy losses on both sides as Pakistan’s defense minister declared “open war” between the two South Asian nations. Tensions between the two countries, which share a 1,600-mile border, have been simmering for months…
Actor Bobby J. Brown, who played a Baltimore city police officer of the same name in the hit HBO series “The Wire,” has died, his representative confirmed Thursday. TMZ first reported news of Brown’s death earlier Thursday. A cause of death was not disclosed by the talent agency that represented Brown, Bramante Artists, or the…
Union leaders in recent days have urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to end their support for Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Senate primary, pointing to what they see as her weaker record with labor. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain had a conversation with Schumer this month…
Burger King has introduced a new AI chatbot into its daily fast food restaurant operations. “Patty,” the AI voice powered by an OpenAI base model, will live inside employees’ headsets in an effort to collect data on “friendliness” and simplify workflow. The bot is part of a new web and app platform, BK Assistant, that…
The FBI has amassed as many as 10,000 hours of video in the investigation into the disappearance and possible abduction of Nancy Guthrie, an FBI official said Thursday. The official described the collection, review and analysis of video as one of the key parts of the weekslong investigation, which began after Guthrie, 84, the mother…